1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for West Virginia Senate District 2
West Virginia State Senate · West Virginia
Dan Tonkovich (D) won with 60.4% of the vote, defeating Don Vancamp (R) by 20.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dan TonkovichDemocrat · winner · incumbent
60.4%24,285
Don VancampRepublican
39.6%15,943
40,228 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET